Peach:
Oriental Fruit Moth: We are still between 1st and 2nd generations at the present time. Growers that have utilized mating disruption for OFM should continue to focus on PC; GPA; and catfacing insect pests as described below.
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May 26, 2021 Hemant Gohil
Recordings of the 2021 Spring Wine Grape Twilight meeting
Please use the below links to listen or watch the recordings from the 2021 Spring Wine Grape Twilight meeting held on May 19th.
Audio Recording link: https://go.rutgers.edu/6kigewvp
Video Recording link: https://go.rutgers.edu/efy1iu7h [Read more…]
Cicadas Are Here and Fruit IPM for 5/26/21
Cicadas are Here, There and Everywhere (Depending where you are): 17 year cicadas began emergence last week. These insects while a marvel in the insect world, are also capable of doing considerable damage to young fruit trees, grape vines, and blueberry bushes. After mating they begin to deposit their eggs in slits along small diameter branches. Thin branches which are loaded with fruit weight and damaged by egg laying can break. Some growers have asked about damage and what they can do to prevent it. Most egg laying is starting this week.
May 24, 2021 Hemant Gohil
Eastern Viticulture and Enology Forum – Town Hall
Grower and Wine Maker Town Hall: Questions from the Field and Cellar
Rutgers/NJAES New Jersey Center for Wine Research and Education (NJCWRE) has collaborated with the Eastern Viticulture and Enology Forum. Regional viticulture and enology specialists will present a Grower and Winemaker Town Hall virtual meeting series to give seasonal updates and answer pre-submitted and live questions from grape and wine industry stakeholders. [Read more…]
Fruit IPM for 5/18/21
Peach:
Oriental Fruit Moth: First generation timings are updated below. Growers that have utilized mating disruption for OFM can focus on PC; GPA; and catfacing insect pests as described below.
May 12, 2021 Hemant Gohil
Recordings of Webinar – Ask the Expert: Orchard Soil Fertility and Tree Nutiriton
Please use below links for the audio and video recordings of Webinar – Ask the Expert Series -V held on May 5th. The recording includes lively discussion on various aspects of orchard soil fertility and plant nutrition, including Q &A from growers, with, Dr. Robert Crassweller from PSU; and Dr. Joseph Heckman, Dr. Megan Muehlbauer and Dr. Hemant Gohil from Rutgers NJAES. Some of the information is also applicable to other crops. [Read more…]
